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Ustby Included On John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist
November 7, 2024 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – The acclaim for North Carolina's Alyssa Ustby rolls on, with the graduate student earning yet another early season honor with the fifth-year Tar Heel named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist.Â
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Selected by a preseason poll of collegiate basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are front-runners for the Wooden All-American Team and Most Outstanding Player Award.
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Entering her fifth and final season in Chapel Hill, Ustby has already garnered Preseason All-ACC accolades, a spot on the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award Preseason Watch List and tabbed to the Naismith Trophy Watchlist.
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A Tar Heel record-breaker, Ustby owns the program's lone triple double where she tallied 16 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists against Syracuse last season. One of the top-rebounders in UNC history, Ustby cracked the program top-10 in the season opener against Charleston Southern, sitting at No. 10 with 965. She also currently ranks in the top-10 nationally in active career rebounds.
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The list will be narrowed down throughout the season and members of the Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the Elite 8 during the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award will be presented on April 11, 2025.
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Carolina remains home for its second game of the season, hosting UNCW tonight from Carmichael Arena at 7 p.m. ET. The tilt against the Seahawks can be streamed on ACCNX.
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Selected by a preseason poll of collegiate basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are front-runners for the Wooden All-American Team and Most Outstanding Player Award.
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Entering her fifth and final season in Chapel Hill, Ustby has already garnered Preseason All-ACC accolades, a spot on the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award Preseason Watch List and tabbed to the Naismith Trophy Watchlist.
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A Tar Heel record-breaker, Ustby owns the program's lone triple double where she tallied 16 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists against Syracuse last season. One of the top-rebounders in UNC history, Ustby cracked the program top-10 in the season opener against Charleston Southern, sitting at No. 10 with 965. She also currently ranks in the top-10 nationally in active career rebounds.
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The list will be narrowed down throughout the season and members of the Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the Elite 8 during the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award will be presented on April 11, 2025.
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Carolina remains home for its second game of the season, hosting UNCW tonight from Carmichael Arena at 7 p.m. ET. The tilt against the Seahawks can be streamed on ACCNX.
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